A release from earlier this year which I particularly liked was BulletStorm. BulletStorm stands out because of its style and crass humour. rewarding the player with points for performing increasingly ludicrous kills. BulletStorm takes place in the 26th century where the Confederation of Planets are protected be an elite yet secret black ops army called Dead Echo. The plot is based around the the two members of Dead Echo, Grayson Hunt and Ishi Sato who crash land on a deserted vacation planet, which has now been overrun by cannibalistic tribes, meat-eating plants, and large (think Godzilla) monsters. They then have to get off the planet, while encountering some issues along the way.
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Gameplay in BulletStorm is unique as it shys away from the usual FPS objective such as "go do X, we will protect you" and "protect X while he hacks the door/panel". The player has access to a sizeable arsenal of weapons and upgrades and combat moves, the game features the SkillShot system which rewards players for over-the-top ways of killing enemies, ranging from the obvious headshot to feeding them to carnivorous plants etc. The SkillShot system rewards players with points depending on the required "skill" needed for the kills, the points can then be used to purchase ammo and acquire special charges for the weapons. The player can purchase the ammo and special charges from "dropkits" which are scattered throughout the campaign.
The marketing for BulletStorm was probably, the best marketing for a game that I have seen in quite sometime, a parody of Call of Duty was made, Duty Calls, which pokes fun at aspects of the game, such as ranking up, and in game-objectives. A viral video for BulletStorm was also released which parodied the Halo 3 "Believe" diorama. This was also couple with television advertisements aired on major networks in the U.S* - (*I would assume)
However, BulletStorm does lack a competitive multiplayer mode but rather opting to include cooperative online play as well as score attack modes. Overall I found the game enjoyable and worth a buy if its on special at a local retailer or something. For me it is a break from the usual FPS Plot, Kill the Bad Guy, Save the World.
I only played the single player, and really liked, it was pretty awesome, thought, I only died about 2 times in the whole game, which I though it was weird because I'm not an expert or anything in First player shooter games.
@sp3nny: I didn't like MP either @Xenototh: I liked it because of the playstyle and grapihcs, would of finished it even if the plot was something silly. @Fwission: you can if you want, I hear places, which I can't mention allow you to DL it.
the singleplayer of BS was cool, but i didn't like to MP
ReplyDeleteHow did you like the plot, was it well thought out, or this was just a game that you enjoyed because if the graphics/playstyle/etc.
ReplyDeleteI only played the single player, and really liked, it was pretty awesome, thought, I only died about 2 times in the whole game, which I though it was weird because I'm not an expert or anything in First player shooter games.
ReplyDeletebulletstorm is nice!
ReplyDeleteNever actually tried the game. Being on PC I never bothered is it worth it?
ReplyDeletesounds like they did a very good job marketing this game out to people.
ReplyDeleteWasn't my type of game. I wonder how many bought it just to get the Gears beta early.
ReplyDeletethis game is sick! i love it sfm!
ReplyDeleteI played this game for a bit. It was pretty good actually.
ReplyDelete@sp3nny: I didn't like MP either
ReplyDelete@Xenototh: I liked it because of the playstyle and grapihcs, would of finished it even if the plot was something silly.
@Fwission: you can if you want, I hear places, which I can't mention allow you to DL it.
I played the demo and didn't really like it.
ReplyDeletePlayed the demo of this one. A pretty good game.
ReplyDeleteI played it when it came out, decent game, a bit too short and easy though
ReplyDeleteIt was a great departure from CoD and MoH. Loved it.
ReplyDeleteAs someone said above me - how was the plot? It seems like this game could really potentially have some nice lore to go along with it!
ReplyDeleteoh I should play this it looks good!
ReplyDeleteThe SP was pretty insane, had fun playing it for a bit.
ReplyDeletethis game is dope. the kills are insane!
ReplyDeleteThe game got boring after a week. Good review, though.
ReplyDeleteVery much looking forward to this.
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